17.
Select the
radio button to the left of the appropriate authentication selection, supplying
login credentials as required.

The Connect
to SQL Server dialog appears (with my settings for this exercise) as
depicted in Illustration 9.

Illustration 9: Connect
to SQL Server Dialog

18.
Click the OK
button to log in to SQL Server via Query Analyzer.

The Connecting
... message briefly appears, and then the Query Analyzer console opens.

19.
Select RSExecutionLog
in the Database Selector atop the console.

20.
Select File
--> Open from the main menu.

21.
Navigate to
the folder we created above, RS013, in the Open Query File dialog
that appears.

22.
Select the
following file within the RS013 folder:

Createtables.sql

The Open
Query File dialog appears similar to that shown in Illustration 10.

Illustration 10: Selecting
the Table Creation Script

23.
Click Open
on the Open Query File dialog to open the script.

The
table creation script opens, and appears in the Editor pane of the
Query window. This script, executed within the new RSExecutionLog
database, will create the tables that we will target for the Execution Log
data in later steps.

24.
Click the Execute
Query button on the toolbar, as depicted (circled) in Illustration 11.

Illustration 11: Executing
the Query ...

NOTE: Had we named the database anything other than RSExecutionLog,
or if we were working with any but the local instance of MSSQL Server,
we would have needed to edit rsexecutionlog_update.ini for the
respective Execution Log database (referenced as "[Destination]"),
and / or Server identification, etc.. Modifications can be accomplished
by accessing rsexecutionlog_update.ini (another of the files we copied
into the RS013 folder above), using Notepad or any other text editor, as
we shall see later in our exercises.

The
script is executed, and we are informed of its successful completion, along
with the various events that have transpired, in the Messages pane of
the Query window, as shown in Illustration 12.

Illustration 12: Indication
of Successful Processing ...

At this point,
we can verify creation of the tables by shifting back to Enterprise Manager,
expanding the RSExecutionLog database we created earlier, and clicking
on Tables. Our tables appear as depicted in Illustration 13.

Illustration 13: Manual Verification
of Creation of Tables (Optional)

25.
Select File
--> Exit to close Query Analyzer.

Our
preparation of the target database is now complete. We are ready to populate
the tables with the contents of the Execution Log, which we will
accomplish in the next section.